Question for uncut guys

I was never talking about any statistics regarding cancer. The simple reality is that if you don't look, you'll never find - anything. Foreskin retraction is a 5 second exam. If the doctor is examining your genitals, there's no additional cost.

The simple reality is that if you don't look, you'll never find - anything.

True, that's why I retract my foreskin every day, wash my glans, and pay attention to abnormalities.

My doctor always ask me to pull my foreskin back

All uncut males should have their foreskin retracted. I am cut, but I've met many guys whos foreskin does not retract and I believe the doctor has a responsibility to conduct this exam both to ensure the foreskin retracts and to check for STDs and other issues.

I'm still mystified with all the drama and hysteria surrounding circumcision as a disease prevention method. Sounds more like window-dressing for other 'concerns' such as teenage masturbation and the discovery of sexual pleasure in general.

I agree with the general "window dressing" conclusion, but I think the real issue in the United States is conformity and aesthetic preference for the circumcised penis over the penis with intact foreskin.

My doctors--both GP and urologist--always retract my foreskin and examine my glans. they tell me beforehand what they are about to do. They then ask if i have any problems with my foreskin.

I’ve had various doctors, I can’t remember any of them which my foreskin wasn’t retracted. Even I knew what was coming next but they still told me what was about to happen. Usually, they asked a couple questions about my penis such as if my foreskin was tight or loose. My doctors also retracted my foreskin themselves I never retracted my foreskin. After they retracted my foreskin a couple of times next the checked the glans, meatus and ended with a hernia check.

I’ve had various doctors, I can’t remember any of them which my foreskin wasn’t retracted. Even I knew what was coming next but they still told me what was about to happen.

I like the feature of the doctors telling you what was about to happen before they retracted your foreskin. It has a certain condescending quality that adds some embarrassment in my opinion. Can you recall any phrases doctors have used to inform you about what they were getting ready to do?( I love hearing the exact phrases doctors use for instructions during physicals.)

From the time I was a young teen I stopped going to male doctors because they would always complain about how being uncut was such a health hazard later in life. I started goig to female doctors whom I noticed that younger female doctors always asked me to retract it myself and older female doctors would just pull it down with/without warning at times.

Its always an experiance to see the look of surprise of a young female doctors face when they see I'm intact, its like they've just seen a unicorn.

Its always an experiance to see the look of surprise of a young female doctors face when they see I'm intact, its like they've just seen a unicorn.

There must be something seriously lacking in how doctors are being trained then, because the majority of males in the world are unicorns. Basic statistics. When it comes to male genitals, what could ever be more basic than this?

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Yes, I agree with your opinion concerning the embarrassment factor. The majority of the phases that I can remember I have to contribute to my pediatrician. His favorite phases was “ok, I’m going take a look at your penis now.” Then followed by a comment like - it’s not tight and clean.

When I was in high school and my mom remained in the waiting room his question and phases changed. I don’t remember the exact words but it had to do with retracting my foreskin both flaccid or erect. He ask things like : “any discomfort or issues during masturbating or erection.”

The rest is of my doctors it’s been simply: “I’m going need to retract & hold back your foreskin ... examine your penis.”

When I was in high school and my mom remained in the waiting room his question and phases changed. I don’t remember the exact words but it had to do with retracting my foreskin both flaccid or erect. He ask things like : “any discomfort or issues during masturbating or erection.”

Sometimes i don't know how to react when I read something like this. From a medfet point of view, checking this out in this manner is of course pleasurable and fun.

But in real life you really have to wonder about the doctor's mindset. Is he being very thorough and going the extra mile to check foreskin retraction issues out both flaccid and erect? Or is going that extra mile for his personal satisfaction so that he can fool around a bit?

I wouldn't actually begrudge him that all that much, but still. Lots of this obsession with foreskin (retraction) by American medical personnel, strikes me as a bit weird. Not weird in a bad or inappropriate way, but maybe weird in a sort of naive and not quite suitable to their grade of education level weird.

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Just to clarify my previous post.

In NO way was my doctor getting any “personal satisfaction”. I do apologize if I lead anyone to think something “inappropriate or weird” took place during my physicals. I probably should have given more detailed information instead of being brief.

I believe he asked those question to make sure there wasn’t a difference when was flaccid or erect. I hope this clears up any confusion that nothing weird was in fact taking place.

I believe he asked those question to make sure there wasn’t a difference when was flaccid or erect. I hope this clears up any confusion that nothing weird was in fact taking place.

Well, just to clarify my post:I have never ever upon my life had my penis checked for anything regarding foreskin retraction and I certainly would think that doing so while comparing between flaccid and erect state is something for either a play exam or for someone with a very serious condition or a malformed penis.

I just don't see how such a check could be justified during a regular exam for a teenager.

Mind you, it would be fun to have as memory and all and I'm certain docs have far worse and unpleasant things to check on a human body. I'm just saying that to me, from my vantage point, (American) docs do seem to have a weird obsession with foreskins. It's not like they are a rare occurrence. The majority of males in the world has a foreskin.

Anyway, welcome to the forum.

Just to clarify my previous post.

In NO way was my doctor getting any “personal satisfaction”. I do apologize if I lead anyone to think something “inappropriate or weird” took place during my physicals..

I do not think your original post suggested directly or implicitly that you doctor was less than professional in his behavior.

I have never had a doctor check under there and that seems strange to me as there could certainly be something there that I wouldn't recognize as bad but he/she would.

I have never had a doctor check under there and that seems strange to me as there could certainly be something there that I wouldn't recognize as bad but he/she would.

I agree. Everything I have read or viewed about examination of the penis specifically covered the fact that the foreskin should be retracted for an uncircumcised man.

Depends on the nature of the exam. For general physicals, he tells me he is about to reract it and then he retracts it himself.

For general physicals, he tells me he is about to reract it and then he retracts it himself.

In my experiences, every year's physical always consisted of having my foreskin retracted. Normally, after a few visits my doctor (pediatrician & current doctor) doesn’t always tell me before they begin retracting my foreskin. Since they are familiar with me both know I have a loose foreskin so tightness is not a issue. Plus, once my underwear is pulled down I’m already expecting my penis (shaft, foreskin, glans, meatus), testicular and hernia exam. A standard exam they both would ask if I’ve had any issues concerning my “privates”.

The doctor that did the school & sports physical always checked and retracted my foreskin. He’d asked if I had any issues with my penis or foreskin. Then I’d feel his very cold and wet hands touch my dick and retract my foreskin, balls and finally the hernia. In college, I’d several doctors both male and females doctors. Always, they would ask me about any penis/foreskin issues. Then would slowly retract my foreskin maybe twice then back to it’s normal position. When they did retracted it y glans, meatus and urethra opening was checked.

I never retracted my own foreskin ALL the doctors retracted it themselves.

"I think retraction of the foreskin is an important component of the examination of an uncircumcised penis. I did a role play exam a number of years ago on a man in his early 20s with an intact foreskin. He was absolutely nonretractile and did not realize that feature was abnormal. He said that he had never had a doctor attempt to retract it. I suspect that American doctors see such a high percentage of men with circumcised penises that they do not know how to examine one with a foreskin. After the examination I gave him, he went to a urologist and got circumcised. He was very appreciative of the information I gave him."

-True, but I'm very knowledgable... so I've never worried about it ultimately.

I've never had the penis examined during a routine medical. She examines the testicles and then does a DRE to check my prostate. Perhaps she checks the penis visually but she never deliberately touches it. The point is most people know their own bodies and if there was a problem, something out of the ordinary, then they would present with it.

If you were having a sexual health check for STIs then the foreskin would need to be retracted for the nurse to insert the swab, but that is not normally included in a routine medical.

Always & he retracts the foreskin - before moving to my scrotum and testicles.

Always & he retracts the foreskin - before moving to my scrotum and testicles.

Do they tell you before doing so?

My GP has never asked me to pull back my foreskin, nor done it himself (this is at my annual physical). He always does a DRE to check my prostate. Been going for a physical every year since I was 45 (1989).

If you were having a sexual health check for STIs then the foreskin would need to be retracted for the nurse to insert the swab, but that is not normally included in a routine medical.

Yep - here in the UK, it's not typical that routine check ups include a genital exam, so STI check-ups are often the only time a man has his penis examined, unless he has a problem.

I've been there, asked to retract my foreskin for the swab!

I know a lot of young lads don't expect to have to take their pants down at the clinic, so it's sometimes a surprise for them. Plus, since the first time a guy goes for an STI check up is when he's around 18-19, I think it's a great rite of passage - the first time he's required to take out his penis and retract the foreskin for the doctor.

I was once examined by a female doc and she insisted on retracting my foreskin during genital exam. I do not know what was the medical reason behind that.

But I did tell her that I was extremely sensitive and tight and asked her to use lube if she had any.

She did use lube and retracted me.

She did not put the skin back afterwards.

She always retracts me. Often i am already Hard so my glans is uncovered.

I don't recall a doctor or medical staff ever retracting my foreskin although I've been naked a couple of times at the doctors office for overall physical. My foreskin was loose and easily retracted up the rim of the glans. It had an adhesion at the rim up to the age 9. The preputial opening was pretty open making the tip of the glans visible, particularly the urinary meatus which may be why it didn't rise any concern for inspection?

Ist different, my doctor rectracted my foreskin during genital exams, another doctor asked me to do it. Both want to see my glans.

I have never been asked to retract my foreskin. During medicals as a child, the doctor always pulled back my foreskin, often without warning. The exams I have these days don’t always involve examination of my foreskin, but when it does, the doctor again pulls it back, as happened last time I was checked.